Lotto Winner Sues Lotto for 'Ruining her Life'

J Mysterio

Eh... Don't buy a ticket?

http://m.independent.ie/world-news/europe/britain/britains-youngest-euromillions-winner-planning-to-sue-lottery-bosses-for-ruining-her-life-35444641.html

J Mysterio

J Mysterio wrote: »

Eh... Don't buy a ticket?

http://m.independent.ie/world-news/europe/britain/britains-youngest-euromillions-winner-planning-to-sue-lottery-bosses-for-ruining-her-life-35444641.html

so she's complaining about getting the money too young. and now is suing the lottery for... presumably more money...?

Atlantic Dawn

She must have blown the bloody lot like a fool and wants easy money now.

NIMAN

No harm, but she sounds like she would have been miserable with or without the money.

This is one of those things in the news that I cannot understand or grasp. Too silly. What solicitor is going to take on that job? Only a fool would.

mdwexford

Spa.

Give it all away to charity if it's that hard a life for you.

DEFTLEFTHAND

They say if you took all the wealth in GB and distributed it equally amongst all citizens, within one generation the money would be back where it started.

endacl

Had to check the date of the article. No, not April 1....

pickarooney

Pure piss take.

Arghus

Wish they'd ruin my life.

Phoebas

If she wins the case and gets a massive payout, will she appeal?

Peregrinus

She's suing the lottery claiming . . . what, exactly? Monetary damages? Money has made her miserable, so she wants to be compensated with more money?

freshpopcorn

I think the lottery should take her two properties off her and what ever other items she bought due to her wealth and items she may have given to people and pay for her to have counselling!

I hope she gets burnt in legal fees. Should help her situation.

sbsquarepants

I can't stand these whinging tosspots - if too much money is ruining your life - give it away, problem solved

They say money can't buy you happiness, which is true, but it can certainly help in passing the time until you find happiness elsewhere.
There is no problem in this world which is somehow alleviated by adding a bit more poverty to the mix.

cournioni

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

They say if you took all the wealth in GB and distributed it equally amongst all citizens, within one generation the money would be back where it started.

Ah here, the Queen doesn't take that much from the tax payers... :pac:

Galway_Old_Man

Despite the fact that Camelot, which runs EuroMillions in the UK, appointed an adviser to help Ms Park deal with her newly accumulated wealth, she said it was family advice that helped her keep her spending in check.

“I’ve read about other lottery winners who’ve just blown it all and I can totally see how it can be done,” she said. “I was stuck in front of a financial adviser who was using words like investment bonds. I had no clue what they meant.”

Bloody hell.

gramar

Deleted User wrote: »

I hope she gets burnt in legal fees. Should help her situation.

It could cost her a bit. Camelot say it's the government who sets the age so it's the goverment she'd have to sue. Won't be long spending whatever's left if that's the case.

silverharp

At least that guy who blew ~17m in the UK is back doing a bin lorry and didn't seem to have too many regrets

goz83

silverharp wrote: »

At least that guy who blew ~17m in the UK is back doing a bin lorry and didn't seem to have too many regrets

Yeah, the only thing he gained from his win in the end was weight

Fleawuss

It has to be somebody else's fault. It's always someone else who has the responsibility for people like her.

fizzypish

What the absolute ****. She didn't blow the money. She did the smart thing. Owns 2 properties. Is working a job. Clever girl. Whats the problem? "My mates have no money and I feel left out so I think I'll sue for the emotional turmoil". **** off.

silverharp

goz83 wrote: »

Yeah, the only thing he gained from his win in the end was weight

no STDs ? that a win then :pac:

Potential-Monke

I just can't...

MilesMorales1

Mmmm, thats pretty terrible alright. She should give me that money so I can too experience being rich too young, sort me out that would.

razorblunt

Bloody hell, it was a million she won, not a hundred million.

Depending on what kind of gaffs she bought in Edinburgh too she's laughing.

MilesMorales1

Does one really get some arbitary ascension of maturity at age 18 as opposed to age 17? Pretty sure I was just as much of a gob****e at 18 as I was at 17.

_Brian

Just goes to show you need to be happy and content in your head or money will bring misery rather than happiness.
Silly cow.

Yourself isit

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

They say if you took all the wealth in GB and distributed it equally amongst all citizens, within one generation the money would be back where it started.

Yeh, charles would become a multi billionaire by selling organic tomatoes that "one has talked to".

Mrs Windsor would make it all back by selling embroidery on Brighton beach.

Yourself isit

razorblunt wrote: »

Bloody hell, it was a million she won, not a hundred million.

Depending on what kind of gaffs she bought in Edinburgh too she's laughing.

Yeh. She hasn't lost the money. This is clearly just a play for more money, however stupid.

frozenfrozen

I'm sure everyone thinks this but I could absolutely cope with winning a massive sum of money. Seriously how hard can it be to just listen to the financial advisers and take your XXXX per month budget to spend on whatever you want and leave the rest to be managed by some professional?

Fair enough if you have a drug problem or people close to you do, I can see how that can make the situation implode but I don't have that to worry about..


I should start doing the euro millions

Yourself isit

frozenfrozen wrote: »

I'm sure everyone thinks this but I could absolutely cope with winning a massive sum of money. Seriously how hard can it be to just listen to the financial advisers and take your XXXX per month budget to spend on whatever you want and leave the rest to be managed by some professional?

Fair enough if you have a drug problem or people close to you do, I can see how that can make the situation implode but I don't have that to worry about..


I should start doing the euro millions

Anybody who has saved money in their life will probably not lose the money.

MilesMorales1

https://mobile.twitter.com/janeparkx

Doesn't seem distressed on her twitter.

Winterlong

Some solicitors will be rubbing their hands at the prospect of taking this case on.

Mousewar

I find this kind of interesting. I wouldn't say I'm on her side but winning the lottery clearly completely changes your life. Being rich is a very unique experience with unique responsibilities and unique pressures and I imagine having it suddenly realised is not a straightforwardly good thing.

If you grow up rich then you are naturally prepared for being rich. You've literally been raised for it. If you work hard and strive for it then that process itself prepares you for it. You've worked for it so you instinctively know the value of the money. But if you just suddenly get it handed to you then you suddenly have to live a totally different life that you have no preparation for. I can see that going wrong.

I think it could be argued that her life has been dramatically altered because of the lotto win and it could also be argued that that is not necessarily a good thing. The biggest impediment to her case, however, is obviously the fact that she voluntarily entered the lottery. No one forced her to buy a ticket. I suppose though that is where the 'age of consent' issue becomes a factor.

silverharp

Mousewar wrote: »

I find this kind of interesting. I wouldn't say I'm on her side but winning the lottery clearly completely changes your life. Being rich is a very unique experience with unique responsibilities and unique pressures and I imagine having it suddenly realised is not a straightforwardly good thing.

If you grow up rich then you are naturally prepared for being rich. You've literally been raised for it. If you work hard and strive for it then that process itself prepares you for it. You've worked for it so you instinctively know the value of the money. But if you just suddenly get it handed to you then you suddenly have to live a totally different life that you have no preparation for. I can see that going wrong.

I think it could be argued that her life has been dramatically altered because of the lotto win and it could also be argued that that is not necessarily a good thing. The biggest impediment to her case, however, is obviously the fact that she voluntarily entered the lottery. No one forced her to buy a ticket. I suppose though that is where the 'age of consent' issue becomes a factor.

I'd agree, personally speaking I would hate for my kids to have a lottery win at 16 or 17. Chances are I'd be getting a call from the police saying their Ferrari is wrapped around a tree and the occupants are dead and were high on coke.
There probably should be a trustee if you win in the 17-21 age range. in saying that she ought not have a case

valoren

I've always felt that the effect on people who come into sudden money like winning a lottery, exaggerates the kind of person they were before coming into the money.

For example, a charitable person is more likely to give the money away. A stingy person will become even tighter. A kind and caring person will be a joy to be around while an arsehole would become in an insufferable nightmare.

In this case, the winner was an attention seeker. So much so that she is perfectly happy to bask in the publicity that this ridiculous claim against Camelot is giving her.

Summer wind

She should be shot with a ball of her own ****e.

osarusan

Camelot have said that they provided investment advice, put her in contact with another young winner who could offer advice, and did other stuff too.

So I don't really know what the claim of negligence is about. Her life changing dramatically is unavoidable.

Sofiztikated

osarusan wrote: »

Camelot have said that they provided investment advice, put her in contact with another young winner who could offer advice, and did other stuff too.

So I don't really know what the claim of negligence is about. Her life changing dramatically is unavoidable.

I think the negligence is that they just gave her the money. Just gave it to her. It's not as though she had to buy a ticket or anything.

buried

Chav compo culture logic " I swear on me grans life it wuz the money nearly what killed me, so now I'm going to sue that lot for more money so I is"

TallGlass

As they say, 'money and fools are easily parted', seems the case here.

punisher5112

I see she met our good friend the wallet inspector.

Bambi985

a million squids isn't exactly a huge, huge amount of money these days. not in the way it was when i was a kid in the 80s and being a "millionaire" actually meant something.

i think to properly have my life destroyed by coke and hookers and general over-indulgence I'd need to be winning in the regions of 30 million.

sjb25

mdwexford wrote: »

Spa.

Give it all away to charity if it's that hard a life for you.

Give it to me never mind that charity nonsense

B.A._Baracus

This is one of the most sickening things I've read lately.
but she was extremely lucky to win such an amount. She now has two properties to her name but since she blew through it she now wants more money so why not sue acting like a victim.

That is just wrong.

DrPhilG

It's a trap!

If the courts award her a load of money because the Lotto gave her a load of money then she'll sue them next using this case as a precedent!

punisher5112

I want to sue the internet who do I put on court summons.

valoren

punisher5112 wrote: »

I want to sue the internet who do I put on court summons.

Al Gore?

freshpopcorn

I'm nearly twenty five now and would have done the lottery and bought scratch card since I was a teenager and what I'd planned to with the money if I won then is basically the same now as it was ten years ago.
I think this girl would have being the same with the money if she won it when she was twenty seven.

super_furry

"“It’s scary how different my life is from my friends’. When they say they’re stressed about the money they mean their wages are s***,” she said. “There’s no one in the same boat as me, no one who really understands. I feel like I’m a 40-year-old."

Poor little rich girl.

Yourself isit

super_furry wrote: »

"“It’s scary how different my life is from my friends’. When they say they’re stressed about the money they mean their wages are s***,” she said. “There’s no one in the same boat as me, no one who really understands. I feel like I’m a 40-year-old."

Poor little rich girl.

She feels like a 40 year old who has won the lottery